CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION STRATEGIES - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGISTS EXPERIENCE LEVELS, ACADEMIC TRAINING, AND MODE OF CLINICAL INQUIRY

Psychologists and psychology students (n = 138) were provided an artif icial-intelligence program that simulated a date rape client's respons es to typed questions. Participants were asked to conduct a ''clinical intewiew'' by typing in their questions. Clinical experience was unre lated to participants' levels of confidence, perceived expertise, and efficiency in generating or analyzing questions. Both experience and a cademic level of training, however, affected participant's mode of que stioning.